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February 2, 2022
Forsyth sets millage at 2.5
By Diane Glidewell
news@mymcr.net
Forsyth set its tentative
millage rate for 2022 at 2.5
mills at its July 12 coun
cil meeting. This is the
same millage rate as 2021,
although the tax base in
the city has increased due
to construction and prop
erty enhancements. There
will be a public hearing on
the millage rate during the
council meeting on Monday,
Aug. 15.
City manager Janice Hall
said the city reduced its mill-
age rate to 3 mills in 2015
and in 2016 voted to allocate
all property taxes to special
projects, such as recreation,
and not include property tax
revenue in its general opera
tions budget.
Mayor Eric Wilson
reminded council that after
approving a tentative millage
rate, council can decide to
set the rate below the tenta
tive rate but not above it.
In other city news:
• On July 12, Forsyth ap
proved paying four bills that
totaled $93,640. Council
now only approves payment
of bills over $6,000. Of the
four bills approved, three
were for the electric depart
ment. The fourth and largest
bill, $45,000 to Core &
Main, was for water meters.
• The electric department
purchased three poles from
Ace Pole Company for
$8,550 and will pay South
ern Line Contractors, Inc.
$26,500 for trimming right-
of-ways on Brooklyn Ave.
and Indian Springs St. It will
pay Gresco Utility Supplies
$13,590 for materials to re
stock inventory supplies.
• Council approved buying
five pickup trucks for the
public works department,
purchases that weren’t
included in the 2022 budget.
Hall said council approved
buying the trucks in 2020,
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but the city didn’t make the
purchase then.
Hall said fleet vehicles are
hard to find; she estimated
the cost for the trucks the
public works department
needs at about $40,000 each.
However, she said she was
asking for councils ap
proval so that she can put
in a purchase order and be
in line to buy the vehicles
when they’re available. She
said she doesn’t know what
the price of the basic trucks
or additional equipment for
them will be.
Hall said several of the
trucks the public works
department is now using
have 250,000-300,000 miles
on them and are 14-18 years
old. Electric department
director Mike Batchelor said
the trucks the city has now
are single cab and it needs
trucks that will hold more
workers.
“My plan is not to let
things get this way again,”
said Batchelor.
Wilson said the city will
surplus its current trucks
when it gets new ones.
Council member Stroud
asked if one of the five
trucks could be electric.
Hall said that electric trucks,
like other fleet trucks, aren’t
available and it would cost
the city $100,000 to put in
a charging station for the
truck.
• Council also approved
buying six vehicles for the
police department, another
expense that wasn’t in the
budget. There was no dis
cussion about the cost of the
vehicles.
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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
for Monroe County and the Cities of Culloden and Forsyth
Joint Comprehensive Plan Update
A public hearing will be held on
Monday, August- 8, 2022 at
6:00 p.m. in the Monroe County
Commission Chambers, located at
38 West Main Street, Forsyth, GA
3 1029. The purpose of this hearing is
to brief the community on the
contents of the Joint Comprehensive
Plan; provide an opportunity for
residents to make final suggestions,
additions, or revisions; and notify the
community of when the plan will be
submitted to the Georgia Depart
ment of Community Affairs for
review. Comments will be received at
the above public hearing or may be
submitted in writing to the Middle
Georgia Regional Commission at
1 75 Emery Highway, Suite C,
Macon, GA 31 21 7.
All community members are
invited to attend the Public Hearing.
For additional information or com
ments regarding plan content, please
contact Joe Black, Government
Services Specialist with the Middle
Georgia Regional Commission, at
(478) 751-61 60 or jblack@mg-rc.org.
Persons with special needs relat
ing to disability access or foreign
language should contact the Monroe
County Board of Commissioners at
(478) 994-7000 prior to the meet
ing for necessary accommodations.
Persons with hearing disabilities may
contact the Georgia Relay Service at
(TDD) 1-800-255-0056 or (Voice)
1-800-255-0135.
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